Bottle holder



TLE HOLDER Filed July 31. 1922 --wmmw @g EM? RA /yam Patented May as,was.

UNHTED stares means RQSS E. FRANK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE Application filed July 31,

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross E. FRANK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new andv useful Improvements in Bottle Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle holders.

The object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, eflicient bottle holder,particularly intended for use in connection with mil; bottles andadapted to so engage the bottle as to support the same in a suspendedposition clear of the floor, where it will be free from molestation bycats, dogs or other animals. My improved device is also provided withticket engaging means adapted to releasably carry a ticket for removalby the deliveryman leaving the bottle.

This bottle holder is designed to be secured to the wall of a house orother place, at a height sufiiciently removed from the ground or flooras to be free from disturbance by animals or small children. The ticketmethod of purchase is used almost exclusively in large cities.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1' is a perspective of my improved holder in positlon upon the sidewall of a house with a bottle suitably supported therea b Fig. 2 is aplan of the sheet metal blank from which the holder shown in Fig. 1 maybe made.

As a simple, inexpensive method of manufacture, I prefer to constructmyimproved holder of a sheet metal blank and which is so shaped as to formthe complete article shown in the drawing. It is obvious however, thatthe article need not be formed of an integral metal blank to come withinthe scope of the claims and the invention. I have furthermore referredparticularly to the use of my holder as a support for milk bottles, butit is evident that it could be used for other purposes.

As formed from an integral metal blank HOLDER.

1922. Serial No. 578.628.

5 as shown in the drawing, the blank would be cut to the shape shown inFig. 2. This blank is then bent on the dotted line 6 formmg twoangularly disposed portions 7 and 8. The portion 7 is perforated as at 9to receive nails, screws or other suitable securing means through theuse of which the device might be secured to the side wall of a house asshown in Fig. 1. It is apparent that the device might be secured wheredesired and at such height from the floor as might be desired. Thisportion 7 is slitted as at 10 to form a plurality of tongues 11. Asshown in the drawing the middle tongue portion is secured to the sidewall of the building and a ticket may be inserted between such middleportion and the outside tongue portions for releasable support thereby.The outer tongue portions might, if desired, be secured to the wall andthe intermediate portion left free therefrom to engage the ticket. Imerely show a preferred form.

The portion 8 of the holder which corresponds to the shelf of a bracketis rolled downwardly on opposite sides to form a pair ofgripping jaws 12which engage on opposite sides of a bottle 13 so the bottle will besupported thereby about the neck in suspended position below the shelf8. The top of the bottle is in close proximity to the under surface ofthe shelf 8 thereby preventing disengagement of the bottle from itssupport.

What I claim is:

A bottle holder formed of a sheet metal blank bent to form two angularlydisposed portions one of which is adapted to be secured to a wall and isslitted to form a plurality of gripping tongues adapted to releasablyengage for support a ticket placed therebetween and said other portionof which blank is rolled downwardly upon itself on opposite sides toform opposed gripping jaws adapted to engage the neck of a bottle tosupport the same.

ROSS E. FRANK.

